Air India disaster: rescue teams with sniffer dogs comb site of deadly plane crash
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Ahmedabad and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6XYZ2)
Narendra Modi visits Ahmedabad crash site where at least 265 people died, with one passenger on Boeing jet surviving
Rescue teams with sniffer dogs were combing the crash site of a London-bound passenger jet that ploughed into a residential area of Ahmedabad in India, killing at least 265 people onboard and on the ground.
One man on the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner - carrying 242 passengers and crew - survived Thursday's crash, which left the tailpiece of the aircraft jutting out of the second floor of a hostel for medical staff from a nearby hospital.
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